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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 61.5% (180th of 1015)

Based on 44 user benchmarks.  Model: WD15E
Poor: 46%Average: 61.5% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The WD15E 1.5TB averaged 38.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.82MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.23MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD15E 1.5TB is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD15E 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 102MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 44 samples)
Rank 18061.5%
Min Avg Max
39.3 Read 110 160
28.9 Write 105 145
26.7 Mixed 70.6 127
31.1 SusWrite 102 150
71.2% 96.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.86 1.1
0.3 4K Write 2.23 2.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.82 1
168% 1.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 01.12B.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 134 134 133 MB/s
74.4% Very good
Read 126
Write 122
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 134
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.57 MB/s
205GB free
Firmware: 01.12B.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 110 112 114 115 MB/s
61.7% Good
Read 103
Write 100
Mixed 61.4
SusWrite 112
69% 94.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.53 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.12B.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 102 102 104 101 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 99.8
Write 99.4
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 102
69% 93.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
185% 1.37 MB/s
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Typical WD15E 1.5TB Builds (Compare 193 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3R

CPU
Core i5-750Intel  $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples50x
Core i7 870Intel  $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples39x
Xeon X3470IntelBench 69%, 8,730 samples30x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples16x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples14x
GTX 760Nvidia  $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples12x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples14x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples7x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples6x
RAM
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples37x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples33x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $269

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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